Andrew J. Hawkins

South Korea’s Electronic Times reports that the two companies met three times at Waymo’s headquarters in California to discuss “contract manufacturing of robotaxis.” Waymo is said to be looking for a “replacement” for its Zeekr vehicles, which could become more costly to procure thanks to Biden’s tariffs. Waymo spokesperson Ethan Teicher declined to comment on the report.

The Federal Aviation Administration can’t “keep pace with the commercial spaceflight industry” and “lacks the resources” to respond to mission changes, SpaceX said in a letter sent in response to $633,000 in federal fines for launching two missions with unapproved changes. SpaceX owner Elon Musk has promised to sue the agency, but it seems as if we’re still in the “strongly worded letter” phase of this particular feud.

EVs have big lithium-ion batteries, and often those batteries can send energy back to the grid, just as they pull energy from it when charging. Last year, the three automakers created ChargeScape to turn the bidirectional charging capabilities of millions of EVs into a potential business. And now the whole thing is operational. According to Ford: